Database Systems : Design, Implementation, and Management

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Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management is the only book that takes students step-by-step through the entire process of database development and creation. This text provides the most comprehensive, detailed, and clear coverage of database basics, with ample exercises and problems at the end of each chapter to encourage hands-on learning. After completing this text, students will gain the marketable skills and technical background necessary to compete in tomorrow's competitive database administration marketplace. A new chapter, "Databases and the Internet," provides detailed instruction on using Cold Fusion 4.0 to create online databases.

PART I: DATABASE CONCEPTS

File Systems and Databases

The Relational Database Model

PART II: DESIGN CONCEPTS AND IMPLEMENTATION

Entity Relationship (E-R) Modeling

Normalization of Database Tables

Structured Query Language (SQL)

PART III: ADVANCED DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION

Database Design

The University Lab: Conceptual Design

The University Lab: Conceptual Design Verification, Logical Design, and Implementation